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Fossils and Geological Time

Authored by Morgan Fleetwood

Science

8th Grade

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Fossils and Geological Time
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which time period are we currently living?

Precambrian Time

Paleozoic Era

Mesozoic Era

Cenozoic Era

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Jellyfish are one of the oldest species on Earth. In what time period did they first appear?

Precambrian Time

Paleozoic Era

Mesozoic Era

Cenozoic Era

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Dinosaurs, small mammals, and birds are found in this time period.

Precambrian Time

Paleozoic Era

Mesozoic Era

Cenozoic Era

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which fossil is the youngest?

fossil A

fossil B

fossil C

fossils A and B are the same age

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

What is the importance of studying fossils?

to provide information about how current life forms would exist in previous environmental conditions

to provide information about how life and environmental conditions may have changed

to provide information about how previous life forms would exist in current environmental conditions

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Geologists assume the newest rock layers are on top of the older ones, unless some type of disturbance occurs, in known as …

Law of Inclusions

Law of Crosscutting

Law of Conservation

Law of Superposition

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Determines the “relative” order of past events but not the absolute age.

Absolute age

Relative age

Real age

New age

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